Value Overlap

Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Parameter:
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative

Examples

  1. Wans opan a taim woz Breda Taiga an Sista Nansi.
    Wans
    once
    opan
    upon
    a
    art.indf
    taim
    time
    woz
    cop.pst
    Breda
    Brother
    Taiga
    Tiger
    an
    and
    Sista
    Sister
    Nansi.
    Anansi
    Once upon a time there were Brother Tiger and Sister Anansi.

    See nd

  2. A big ship kiem in [...] an di kaptin wi evibadi waz der.
    A
    art.indf
    big
    big
    ship
    ship
    kiem
    come.pst
    in
    in
    [...]
    [...]
    an
    and
    di
    art.def
    kaptin
    captain
    wi
    with
    evi-badi
    every-body
    waz
    cop.pst
    der.
    dem.loc
    A big ship came in [...] and the captain and everybody was there.

    See Holm 1978: 291

  3. Dis iz a likl intorvyu wid Miss G., in haar niebahud.
    Dis
    dem
    iz
    cop.prs
    a
    art.indf
    likl
    little
    intorvyu
    interview
    wid
    com
    Miss
    Miss
    G.,
    G.
    in
    in
    haar
    3sg.poss.f
    nieba-hud.
    neighbour-hood
    This is a small interview with Miss G., in her own neighbourhood.

    See nd

  4. Ai kud sit doun wid di uol piipl an taak wid dem.
    Ai
    1sg
    kud
    could
    sit
    sit
    doun
    down
    wid
    com
    di
    art.def
    uol
    old
    piipl
    people
    an
    and
    taak
    talk
    wid
    com
    dem.
    3pl
    I could sit down with the old people and talk with them.

    See nd